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Lesbos, Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Archaic 500 BCE A Tenth Stater Of Drachm, Confronted Boars Heads, Incuse Punch, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 8mms, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Uncertain Koinon, Lesbos Mytilene. VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Alloy Billon Coin, Archaic 500 BCE To Around 480 BCE, A Tenth Stater Of Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Boars Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Quadripartite Incuse Square Punch. References: Dieter Klein 348; 1999. SNG Copenhagen 287. BMC Greek 15. GCV 3488. In addition to the local coins bearing the names of the various Lesbian cities, there were two important coinages, (a) in billon, i. e. very base silver, and (b) in electrum, both of which doubtless had a general circulation throughout the island, although they appear to have emanated chiefly from Mytilene and Methymna. Billon coins were struck on two standards, the Phoenician, with a stater of about 236 grains, and the Pe...

Lesbos, Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Archaic 500 BCE A Tenth Stater Of Drachm, Confronted Boars Heads, Incuse Punch, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 8mms, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Uncertain Koinon, Lesbos Mytilene. VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Alloy Billon Coin, Archaic 500 BCE To Around 480 BCE, A Tenth Stater Of Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Boars Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Quadripartite Incuse Square Punch. References: Dieter Klein 348; 1999. SNG Copenhagen 287. BMC Greek 15. GCV 3488. In addition to the local coins bearing the names of the various Lesbian cities, there were two important coinages, (a) in billon, i. e. very base silver, and (b) in electrum, both of which doubtless had a general circulation throughout the island, although they appear to have emanated chiefly from Mytilene and Methymna. Billon coins were struck on two standards, the Phoenician, with a stater of about 236 grains, and the P...

Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Caria, Halicarnassus, 4rd Century BCE, Tetartemorion Obol With Bull Heads, Numismatics And Historical Antiquities

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 5.5mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Caria, Halicarnassus (Most Probably). VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Dated Between 394 To 387 BCE, Tetartemorion Quarter Part Of An Obol Of A Greek Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Bull Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Incuse Punch, At The Center Head Of A Bull Facing Left. Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins. Disclaimer: Read The Description And Watch Carefully The Images Provided. Ask Any Questions Before You Place A Purchase. We Do Our Best For Identifying And Describing The Items, However We Are No Experts In Every Field. We Offer In House Shipping But You Are Free To Arrange Your Own Shippi...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Philippi Macedon, Circa 356 BCE, Hercules With Lion Skin, Tripod Offerings, Ancient Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Philippi Macedon, Dated Between 356 To 345 BCE, Drachm Currency. Shape Round But Irregular, Hammered. Obverse With The Head Of Herakles Facing Left And Wearing Nemean Lion Skin. Reverse With Tripod, A Symbol At The Left: Club And Grain Of Wheat, Torch, M And Earn Of Grain, Bow In Bow Case, Cantharus. Script In Greek At The Right In A Vertical Line With The Word Philippi. References Bellinger Philippi Group II 7-12. The Ancient City Of Philippoi Was Originally Named CRENIDES And Was A Colony Of Thasos In The Thrace Region. King Philip II Of Macedon Conquered The City And Renamed On His Own Honor. Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze ...

Ancient Greek Copper Alloy Coin. Ionia, Smyrna. Dated As Between 190 To 75 BCE, Head Of God Apollo And Kithara Lyre, Hellenistic Mints

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 10 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Ancient Greek Copper Alloy Coin. Ionia, Smyrna. Dated As Between 190 To 75 BCE. Obverse With Laureated Head Of The God Apollo Facing Right. Reverse With Lyre And Script In Greek At Both Sides, Left SMYR For Smyrna, And At Right A Monogramed Text Naming Apollo And An A Magistrate Named As Dionysios. References: SNG Copenhagen 1179 and 1180; BMC 71 6V. NOTES: At the end of the Hellenistic period, in 197 BCE, the city suddenly cut its ties with King Eumenes of Pergamum and appealed to Rome for help. Because Rome and Smyrna had no ties until then, Smyrna created a cult of Rome to establish a bond, and the cult eventually became widespread throughout the Roman Empire. As of 195 BCE, the city of Rome started to be deified, in the cult to the goddess Roma. I...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin. Pyrrhos, King Of Epirus And Macedonia. AE18 Currency Drachm. 274 To 272 BCE, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin. Pyrrhos, King Of Epirus And Macedonia. AE18 Currency Drachm. 274 To 272 BCE. Struck At Uncertain Mint In Macedonia. Obverse With Macedonian Shield, PYR Monogram In The Center, Surrounded By Five Double Crescents With Dot In Each And Dot Between Them. Reverse With Pileus Shaped Helmet And Script In Greek BASI Beneath It, All In Wreath. No Monograms. RARE TYPE. References: SNG Alpha Bank 970; McClean 3590; Sandanski 240-242; Walcher 1306. For A Very Similar See Gitbud & Naumann Auction 15, Lot 115, April 2014. Quote Severus Alexander From NumisForums: A Pyrrhos, Although It Was Issued In Macedon Rather Than Epiros, Most Likely After Pyrrhos Left Italy And Was Duking It Out With Antigonos I Gonatas. Ancient Hellenistic Num...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Macedonia, Pyrrhos of Epirus, AE Half Unit, Ca 323 BCE. Miletos Or Mylasa Mint, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 15 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Macedonia, Pyrrhos of Epirus, AE Half Unit, 336 To 323 BCE. Miletos Or Mylasa Mint. Shape Round But Irregular, Hammered. Obverse With Macedonian Shield With Dot In Three Circles In The Center, Surrounded By Five Double Crescents. Reverse Macedonian Helmet, Corn Ear At Lower Left, K At Lower Right. References: Price 2072.  Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins. Disclaimer: Read The Description And Watch Carefully The Images Provided. Ask Any Questions Before You Place A Purchase. We Do Our Best For Identifying And Describing The Items, However We Are No Experts In Every Field. We O...